Means for securing tubing to alpha support



May 4 1926. 1,583,000

H. E. MAYNARD MEANS FOR SECURING TUBING TO A SUPPORT Filed August 17,; 1925 mum-:1!

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Patented May 4, 1926.

UNITED sTATEsQPATENT "OFFlC-Ei-ir HOWARD E. MAYnARn-or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIenoRjTo onRYsnER 'I'ION, or DnrRoI'r, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION or D LAW E,

mnANs FOR SECURING TUBING-TO A surro'n'r;

Application filed August 17, 1925-. semi 1m 5038 s.

Be it known that I, HOWARD E. MAYi IARD, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Detroit, in the county of. lVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing Tubing to a Support,

of which the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to a construction for rigidly securing tubing to a support and has particular utility in-securing tubing such as is used for hydraulic braking apparatus to j the frame of an automobile.

known in the construction of hydraulic the inequalities of the road.

braking apparatus that tubing for the passage of fluid must housed, and that such tubing must be in some way secured to the automobile ina rigid manner to prevent its dislocation during the driving and consequent vibration of the automobile, owmg to It is therefore the primary ob ect of my invention to provide a cheap and eflicient.

construction for accomplishing this purpose.

With the above and othfr objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and construction ofithe various parts of my improved device, as well as the methods utilised therewith, as set forth in the speoificationfclaimed in my claims, and I shown in the accompanying drawings, in which A Fig. 1 is a sectional'view of an automobile frame showing partly in section and partly in elevation, tubing extending therethrough, as well as the means for securing such tubing in lace.

. ig. 22 of Fig. .1.

Fig. 3 isa detailed view of a plate utilized in connection with myv invention.

' I have shown an automobile frame 5 hav-' ing an opening 6 .therein. through which a a piece of tubing 7 extends. The, tubing 7 has a rubber or' other flexible hose 8 suitably secured on one end thereof as by means of a ring 9, and a piece of tubing 10 securedon.

the other end thereof by a fitting 11 secured 6 on the threads 12. A

A plate 13 is positioned against onesi'de of the frame has a keyhole slot therein consisting of-the enlarged portion 14 and the smaller port-ion 15.

On the other side of the frameola sleeve- 16, enclosing a portion of the tubing 7 is It is well?" is a sectional view taken on line a on the other side of said opening toprevent s'aid' grooves 1 engaging "the sides kitang; 1N tu n -e fpreventg; oin qairdf aft movement of- =thei tl'lbingf'sald means consisting of a flange like 1 portion on the't'ube adapted to oo R'ro A- slot engages in the grooves'1'7 in' the tubing 4.

7. The sleeve 16 is then pushed along the tubing 7 until the diagonally'cut end thereof bears against thev'side of the frame 5, at which time the, nut 18 on the screw threads 12 is screwed home against alock washer 19 to secure the sleeve rigidly in place;

In this manner thet 'ubing 7 will be rigidly attached to the frame 5 so that it cannot move with respect to the frame as the frame is vibrated in operation. i

It will be obvious thatvarious changes may be made the arrangement, combination and construction'of the. various parts of my improved device,'w ithout departing from the spirit of my. invention and it is my intention to cover by my claims such changes as may be reasonably included within the scope thereof. 1 i

What I- claim is: 1 1? In combination, a supporting *member" having an opening therein, tubing extended through said opening, a plate on one side of said opening having a slot therein larger at one end than at the other, grooves in the tubing, whereby said tubing may be passed through said large portion of the slot and moved into the sniall portion thereof with said grooves engaging the sides of said small portion, and means for securing said tubing.

. fore and aft movement of, the tubing.

2. In combination, a supporting member having an opening therein, tubing extended through said openm'g, a plate on one side of said openinghavinga slot therein larger at one end than at .thelother, grooves in the tubing, wherebysaid tubing may be passed through said large? portion of the slot and "moved-"into the-:"small portion thereoi'with .small portion, and meansfor securing'sai;

the Qthehsi'deof said opening'to bear against said support. .2

3. In combination, a supporting member having an opening therein, tubing extended through said opening, a plate on one side of said opening having a slot therein larger at one end than at the other, grooves in the tubing, whereby said tubing may be passed through said large portion of the slot' and moved into the small portion thereof with said grooves engagingthe sides of said small portion, and means for securing said tubing on the other side of said opening to-prevent fore and'aft movement of the tubing, said means consisting of a sleeve on said'tubing whose one end is adapted to bear against said support and a nut threaded on ,said

-tubing adapted to be screwed against the other endiof said tube to force 'first end against said support.

' A. In combination, a support having an I opening therein, a tube diagonally extended through said opening, diagonal grooves in saidtubing, a plate adapted to bear against one side'of said support and having a' slot therein larger at one end than at the other, whereby said tubing may be disposed in said larger portion and said plate moved to engage said grooves and said smaller portion, a sleeve on said tubing onthe opposite side of saidsupport, having one end'diagonally cut to bear against said support, a nut threaded on said tubing beyond the other end of said sleeve and adapted to be screwed down to securely lock said sleeveagainst said support.

HOWARD E. MAYNARD. 

